#E9A555#E9A555

#E9A555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.125 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A555
RGB	rgb(233, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(32, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, 17.25, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 53.42, 71.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% 0.0461 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.125 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7022, 44.8937, 14.6929)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A555 #5599E9

analogous

#E95B55 #E9A555 #E3E955

triadic

#E9A555 #55E9A5 #A555E9

tetradic

#E9A555 #55E95B #5599E9 #E955E3

square

#E9A555 #55E95B #5599E9 #E955E3

split-complementary

#E9A555 #55E3E9 #5B55E9

monochromatic

#AD6816 #E2881F #E9A555 #F0C28B #F7DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#E9A555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#E9A555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A555

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A555	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD9593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.125 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bf87',
    500: '#e9a555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a555;
$custom-light: #f4bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.432,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77207,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A555

secondary

#B2CBE8

accent

#6AD90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A555

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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